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UKRAINE
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
March 2014
Accessed Date:
13 June 2014
Title:
Ukraine. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
29 October 2012
Title:
Ukraine. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Accessed Date:
24 June 2020
Title:
Ukraine. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
29 January 2020
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Common core document forming part of the reports of States parties: Ukraine
Date of Document:
30 January 2018
Accessed Date:
23 July 2018
Title:
Fact Finding Mission Report: Ukraine
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.; Austria. Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum.
Date of Document:
May 2017
Editor:
Caroline Morin-Terrini; Thomas Schrott
Accessed Date:
24 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine: la situation des opposants au rattachement de la Crimée à la Russie
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
16 February 2015
Accessed Date:
6 July 2016
Title:
Ukraine. 2020 Humanitarian Needs Overview.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
January 2020
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Ukraine. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Europe, 2018.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
September 2018
Accessed Date:
9 July 2019
Title:
Ukraine Shelter Cluster Annual Report 2019
Date of Document:
24 February 2020
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Ukraine: Crimea, Donetsk & Luhansk. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
September 2017
Accessed Date:
12 July 2018
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Ukraine: Gender-based violence. Version 2.0
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
May 2018
Accessed Date:
23 July 2018
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Ukraine: Sexual orientation and gender identity. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2017
Accessed Date:
24 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine: Country Background Note. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
May 2019
Accessed Date:
23 July 2019
Title:
Ukraine: Conflict in Donetsk and Luhansk
Source:
Assessment Capacities Project
Date of Document:
4 November 2019
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
“Nobody Wants Us”: The Alienated Civilians of Eastern Ukraine. Europe Report N°252.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
1 October 2018
Accessed Date:
9 July 2019
Title:
Ukraine : La situation sécuritaire en Ukraine, à l'exception de la Crimée
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
19 February 2019
Accessed Date:
9 July 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Ukraine: Minority groups. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
June 2019
Accessed Date:
23 July 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Ukraine: Actors of protection. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office
Date of Document:
May 2019
Accessed Date:
23 July 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Ukraine: Internal relocation. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
May 2019
Accessed Date:
23 July 2019
Title:
Ukraine: Background, Conflict with Russia, and U.S. Policy
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
19 September 2019
Accessed Date:
17 June 2020
Title:
BTI 2020 Country Report – Ukraine
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
17 June 2020
Title:
Ukraine. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
11 March 2020
Accessed Date:
19 March 2020
Title:
Ukraine. Human Rights in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Review of 2019.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
16 April 2020
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Ukraine. Freedom in the World 2020.
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Ukraine. Nations in Transit 2020.
Author:
Yulia Yesmukhanova
Accessed Date:
17 June 2020
Title:
Ukraine. World Report 2020: Events of 2019.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2020
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine 16 November 2019 to 15 February 2020
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
12 March 2020
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine
Source:
United Nations. General Assembly.
Date of Document:
2 August 2019
Accessed Date:
29 June 2020
Title:
Ukraine (Crimea). Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
11 March 2020
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Hate crimes and incidents in Ukraine
Source:
LGBT Human Rights Nash Mir Center
Accessed Date:
9 July 2019
Title:
Crimea. Freedom in the World 2020.
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Eighth periodic report submitted by Ukraine under article 40 of the Covenant, due in 2018
Date of Document:
30 January 2019
Accessed Date:
9 July 2019
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 28th Session of the Universal Periodic Review
Source:
Right to Protection et al.
Date of Document:
30 March 2017
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Law of Ukraine, On Citizenship of Ukraine (last amended 2016)
Source:
National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Voices from the East: Challenges in Registration, Documentation, Property and Housing Rights of People Affected by Conflict in Eastern Ukraine
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Russia and Ukraine: Issuance of Russian passports and citizenship rights to Ukraine citizens living in the territories of Crimea and Donbas [Donbass] (2014-February 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 February 2020
Accessed Date:
30 March 2020
Title:
Ukraine. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Review of the Document Security and Identity Management in Ukraine. Document Security and Identity Management in Ukraine.
Source:
International Organization for Migration. Mission in Ukraine.
Accessed Date:
6 July 2016
Title:
Fraudulent documentation, including types of fraudulent documents available and their prevalence; how they are obtained; who is producing and distributing them; how documents are falsified; state efforts to counter their usage
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 December 2012
Accessed Date:
25 April 2013
Title:
Country Report: Ukraine
Source:
European University Institute. European Union Democracy Observatory on Citizenship.
Date of Document:
April 2013
Accessed Date:
27 July 2015
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Ukraine – Presidential Election, Second Round, 21 April 2019: Statement Of Preliminary Findings And Conclusions
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Date of Document:
22 April 2019
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
Title:
Information on the Right Sector, including activities and merging with other groups (2012-July 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 July 2016
Accessed Date:
29 July 2016
Title:
Ukraine. Election for Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Supreme Council) of 21 July 2019.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Ukraine's Constitution of 1996 with Amendments through 2016
Source:
Ukraine; Comparative Constitutions Project.
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Party of Regions, including mandate, leaders, power base, structure, membership and membership cards; whether the party is still active or dissolved into other parties; whether authorities are able to identify Party of Regions members; state protection available for members targeted by militias or other forces
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 September 2015
Accessed Date:
28 July 2016
Title:
Civic space and fundamental freedoms ahead of the presidential, parliamentary and local elections in Ukraine in 2019-2020
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
12 March 2019
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
Title:
Ukraine : L'extrême droite ukrainienne
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
3 June 2016
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
The functioning of democratic institutions in Ukraine
Source:
Council of Europe. Parliamentary Assembly.
Date of Document:
9 January 2017
Author:
Jordi Xuclà; Axel E. Fischer
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Source:
European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
Date of Document:
20 September 2019
Accessed Date:
17 June 2020
Title:
Ukraine. Election for President of 31 March 2019.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
23 July 2019
Title:
Crimea in the Dark: The Silencing of Dissent
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
15 December 2016
Accessed Date:
24 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine. Referendum 21 April 2019.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
24 July 2019
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Domestic violence, including legislation, recourse, state protection and support services available to victims, including those who are stalked or harassed by their perpetrator; the effect of residence registration on victims that try to...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 July 2015
Accessed Date:
30 July 2015
Title:
Law of Ukraine on Prevention of Domestic Violence
Accessed Date:
18 June 2014
Title:
Law of Ukraine on Amending Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Concerning Improvement of Legislation Combating Domestic Violence
Accessed Date:
27 July 2015
Title:
List of issues and questions in relation to the eighth periodic report of Ukraine. Addendum: Replies of Ukraine.
Code:
CEDAW/C/UKR/Q/8/Add.1
Date of Document:
11 January 2017
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
Title:
Criminal Justice Practice and Violence Against Women: Assessment of the Readiness of the Ukrainian Criminal Justice System to Implement the Principles of the Istanbul Convention
Source:
Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces; La Strada-Ukraine
Author:
Kateryna Cherepakha et al.
Accessed Date:
24 July 2017
Title:
Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Ukraine (14 March 2014 to 31 January 2017)
Source:
United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Date of Document:
16 March 2017
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Reproductive Rights of Romani Women in Ukraine
Source:
European Roma Rights Centre
Date of Document:
February 2019
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
Title:
Concluding observations on the eighth periodic report of Ukraine
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
9 March 2017
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine. WAVE Country Report 2019: The Situation of Women's Specialist Support Services in Europe.
Source:
Women Against Violence Europe
Date of Document:
30 December 2019
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Gender-based violence in the conflict-affected regions of Ukraine
Source:
United Nations Population Fund
Author:
Ukrainian Centre for Social Reforms
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
OSCE-led survey on violence against women. Well- being and safety of women: Ukraine results report.
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Online Violence Against Women in Elections in Ukraine: An IFES Assessment
Source:
Ukrainian Marketing Association et al.
Date of Document:
November 2019
Author:
Otito Greg-Obi et al.
Accessed Date:
17 June 2020
Title:
Ukraine. Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. ILGA-Europe.
Date of Document:
4 February 2020
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
The Face of Hatred: Crimes and incidents motivated by homophobia and transphobia in Ukraine in 2014-2017
Source:
LGBT Human Rights Nash Mir Center
Author:
Andrii Kravchuk et al.
Accessed Date:
12 July 2018
Title:
Old problems, new prospects LGBT situation in Ukraine in 2019
Source:
LGBT Human Rights Nash Mir Center
Date of Document:
30 January 2020
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Human Rights Of Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex And Queer Women In Ukraine
Source:
United Nations. UN Women.; Insight NGO
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
Title:
Challenging hate: Monitoring anti-LGBT “hate speech” and responses to it in Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine: Unfulfilled promises.
Date of Document:
February 2018
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Citizens of Ukraine on Security: Personal, National, and its Elements. Results of the second national-wide public opinion poll.
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
Title:
Ukraine. 2019 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
27 March 2019
Accessed Date:
23 July 2019
Title:
Ukraine: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 June 2019
Accessed Date:
23 July 2019
Title:
The structure and administration of the health system; access to health care throughout Ukraine; ability of people to access their medical records and procedures for doing so; who has access to medical records; the types of medical documents and ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 January 2013
Accessed Date:
25 April 2013
Title:
Report July-December 2019. The Results of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine Activities.
Source:
National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Report concerning the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings by Ukraine
Source:
Council of Europe. Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings.
Date of Document:
22 November 2018
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
Title:
Security and Justice in Ukraine: Perspectives from communities in Donetsk, Luhansk and Zhytomyr oblasts
Source:
United Nations Development Programme in Ukraine.
Date of Document:
7 November 2018
Author:
Dr Siniša Milatović
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note Ukraine: Organised crime and Corruption. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
September 2019
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Information on military conscription and exemption from service, including alternative military service for conscientious objectors; whether members of the Orthodox Church can perform alternative military service (2014-November 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 December 2015
Accessed Date:
28 July 2016
Title:
Information on military conscription and exemption from service, including alternative military service for conscientious objectors; whether members of the Orthodox Church can perform alternative military service (2014-November 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 December 2015
Accessed Date:
28 July 2016
Title:
The Law of Ukraine on Alternative (Non-military) Service. Summary prepared by Yaroslav the Wise Institute of Legal Information.
Date of Document:
11 June 2004
Accessed Date:
30 June 2020
Title:
Whether Ukrainian nationals who served in the Soviet Union's military could be mobilized in Ukraine (2015-March 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 March 2018
Accessed Date:
30 July 2018
Title:
Military service, including information on military service notices, who issues them, their contents, and physical characteristics; whether notices have a warning regarding refusal or evasion of military service; information on penalties for refusing or evading military service (2014- May 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 June 2015
Accessed Date:
28 July 2016
Title:
Military service, including whether a Roma volunteer subject to a three-year contract can be automatically promoted to the rank of sergeant, regardless of competence; reasons under which a three-year contract is terminated, including...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 March 2015
Accessed Date:
30 June 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Ukraine: Military service. Version 6.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
March 2020
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
COI Query Response. Ukraine: General Information on the so-called Luhansk (or Lugansk) Guard, in particular: modalities of recruitment; amount, frequency and currency of the salary received by its members; hierarchical structure and command mechanism...
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
1 February 2019
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Le service militaire en République Populaire de Donetsk (DNR)
Source:
Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
2 April 2019
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
The law on the Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman), including responsibilities, powers and reporting mechanism (1998-2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 July 2017
Accessed Date:
26 July 2017
Title:
Accountability for killings in Ukraine from January 2014 to May 2016
Source:
United Nations. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Date of Document:
July 2016
Accessed Date:
24 July 2017
Title:
Rule of law in Ukraine: Human Rights in the Criminal Proceedings
Source:
All-Ukrainian European Foundation “The League of Law” et al.
Date of Document:
26 September 2017
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
Title:
Whether a victim of a crime can request that the Public Prosecutor's Office or another public agency initiate an investigation into the alleged crime if the police have failed to act (January-November 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 November 2017
Accessed Date:
30 July 2018
Title:
Report to the Ukrainian Government on the visit to Ukraine carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 8 to 21 December 2017
Source:
Council of Europe. European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Date of Document:
6 September 2018
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
Title:
Security and Justice in Ukraine: Perspectives from Communities in Three Oblasts
Source:
United Nations Development Programme in Ukraine.
Author:
Heather Goldsmith
Accessed Date:
24 July 2017
Title:
Visit to Ukraine undertaken from 19 to 25 May and from 5 to 9 September 2016: observations and recommendations addressed to the State party. Report of the Subcommittee.
Source:
United Nations. Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Date of Document:
18 May 2017
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Legal remedies for human rights violations on the Ukrainian territories outside the control of the Ukrainian authorities
Source:
Council of Europe. Parliamentary Assembly.
Date of Document:
26 September 2016
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
The new law on police and its effectiveness; recourse and state protection available to private citizens who have been the victims of criminal actions of police officers in Kiev (2014-January 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 January 2016
Accessed Date:
28 July 2016
Title:
Report of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination on its mission to Ukraine
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
29 July 2016
Accessed Date:
27 July 2017
Title:
Police summons, including issuance procedures, methods of delivery to the affected person, description of the document and the information it contains, including whether the police include the reasons why the person is summoned on the document and whether the police include the relevant legislative provision of the Ukrainian Criminal Code; whether the person has a right to counsel for attendance; prevalence of fraudulent police summonses
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 May 2015
Accessed Date:
27 July 2016
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
17 January 2019
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
Title:
Standardized police reporting forms, including appearance; whether police are required to submit a written response to a complainant regardless of whether they pursue an investigation, appearance and content of the written response; police procedures for following up on physical assaults reported by hospitals and medical practitioners, including type of report generated; whether these policies and reports are standardized or if there are regional variations
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 October 2015
Accessed Date:
28 July 2016
Title:
Ukraine's Toughest Fight: The Challenge of Military Reform
Source:
Carenegie Endowment For International Peace
Date of Document:
22 February 2018
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
Title:
Ukraine. Freedom on the Net 2019.
Accessed Date:
25 June 2020
Title:
Ukraine. Media Sustainability Index 2019.
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
Title:
Ukraine. International Religious Freedom Report for 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
21 June 2019
Accessed Date:
23 July 2019
Title:
Ukraine (Crimea). International Religious Freedom Report for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 June 2020
Accessed Date:
17 June 2020
Title:
Information on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate, including structure and hierarchy; information on the dispute between the Kyiv and Moscow Patriarchates (2012-April 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 May 2013
Accessed Date:
29 July 2014
Title:
Freedom of Religion and Beliefs in Crimea: Analytical Review on Situation Regarding Freedom of Religion and Beliefs in Occupied Crimea (April 2014 – January 2018)
Source:
The Crimean Human Rights Group (CHRG)
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Roma Belong: Statelessness, Discrimination and Marginalisation of Roma in Ukraine
Source:
European Roma Rights Centre
Date of Document:
March 2018
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
Title:
Fourth Opinion on Ukraine – adopted on 10 March 2017
Code:
ACFC/OP/IV(2017)002
Source:
Council of Europe. Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.
Date of Document:
5 March 2018
Accessed Date:
12 July 2018
Title:
The Ternipe Roma Youth Centre in Lviv (Ternipe): funding, structure and membership; areas of operation, including whether Ternipe operates outside of Lviv; activities, including any political activities; other NGOs that provide support services to Roma
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 October 2015
Accessed Date:
28 July 2016
Keywords:
human rights activists; minorities; political activities; statistics
Title:
The Rights of Roma Women in Ukraine: Overview on the Situation of Roma Women in Ukraine in the Context of the Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women
Source:
United Nations. UN Women; International Charitable Organization Roma Women Fund Chiricli
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
Title:
Comments of the Government of Ukraine on the Fourth Opinion of the Advisory Committee on the implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities by Ukraine
Code:
GVT/COM/IV(2018)002
Date of Document:
5 March 2018
Accessed Date:
12 July 2018
Title:
Forgotten Again: The Plight of the Crimean Tatars
Source:
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Workshop; Lewis & Clark Law School
Date of Document:
December 2017
Editor:
Sarah Fine; Robert Ollman
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
Title:
Roma in Ukraine – A Time for Action: Priorities and Pathways for an Effective Integration Policy
Source:
Minority Rights Group Europe
Date of Document:
April 2019
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Documentation required and procedures to be followed by a parent wishing to travel abroad with a minor child in the absence, or without the consent, of the second parent
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 February 2007
Accessed Date:
29 October 2012
Title:
Handbook for the Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of Internally Displaced People
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council
Date of Document:
9 May 2017
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine. Legislative Update: UNHCR update on displacement-related legislation.
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
December 2019
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Residence registration system including procedures and requirements to register; rights associated with registration; information recorded and who has access to registered information; penalties for unauthorized use of residence ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 July 2017
Accessed Date:
26 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine: Translating IDPs' Protection into Legislative Action
Source:
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Date of Document:
19 December 2016
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
National Monitoring System Report on the Situation of Internally Displaced Persons
Source:
Ukraine. National Monitoring System.
Date of Document:
September 2019
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Piecing together the puzzle: Internal displacement affecting human rights and access to public services in Ukraine
Source:
United Nations Development Programme in Ukraine
Author:
Bondar Tetiana et al.
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
Title:
Brief overview of support programmes for IDP and inclusion of IDP issues to the regional development plans
Source:
Group Of Influence
Date of Document:
March 2019
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
Title:
Ukraine: Dangers, Unnecessary Delays at Crossing Points
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
17 February 2017
Accessed Date:
13 July 2017
Title:
Restrictions of SMM's freedom of movement and other impediments to fulfilment of its mandate July – December 2018
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine.
Date of Document:
February 2019
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 31 March 2020:
Title:
Ukraine. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
10 July 2019
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/up.html
Accessed Date:
23 July 2019
Title:
Ukraine. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
15 December 2015
URL:
http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/europe/ukraine-1demo.htm
Accessed Date:
6 July 2016
Keywords:
country overview; ethnic and national groups; legislation; minorities; religion; statistics
Title:
Ukraine. 2019 Humanitarian Needs Overview.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
December 2018
URL:
https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/documents/files/ukraine_2019_humanitarian_needs_overview_en.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 July 2019
Title:
Ukraine Shelter Cluster Annual Report 2018
Date of Document:
26 February 2019
URL:
https://www.sheltercluster.org/sites/default/files/docs/shelter.nfi_cluster_-_2018_annual_report_v3.0.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 July 2019
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Transformation Index Country Report: Ukraine.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
URL:
http://www.bti-project.org/fileadmin/files/BTI/Downloads/Reports/2018/pdf/BTI_2018_Ukraine.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 July 2018
Title:
Ukraine. Freedom in the World 2019.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2019/ukraine
Accessed Date:
9 July 2019
Title:
Ukraine. Nations in Transit 2018.
Author:
Yulia Yesmukhanova
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/nations-transit/2018/ukraine
Accessed Date:
12 July 2018
Title:
Ukraine. World Report 2019: Events of 2018.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2019
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2019/country-chapters/ukraine
Accessed Date:
9 July 2019
Title:
Ukraine (Crimea). Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
13 March 2019
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2018-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/ukraine/ukraine-crimea/
Accessed Date:
9 July 2019
Title:
Crimea. Freedom in the World 2019.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2019/crimea
Accessed Date:
9 July 2019
Title:
Ukraine. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Ukraine.html
Accessed Date:
23 July 2019
Title:
Ukraine. Election for Verkhovna Rada (Supreme Council) of 26 October 2014.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
URL:
http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2805/
Accessed Date:
12 February 2015
Keywords:
election; political activities; political opposition; political organizations
Source:
European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
Date of Document:
21 February 2017
URL:
https://www.europeanforum.net/uploads/countries/pdf/ukraine.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Domestic violence, including legislation, recourse, state protection and support services available to victims, including those who are stalked or harassed by their perpetrator; the effect of residence registration on victims that try to...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 July 2015
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456002&pls=1
Accessed Date:
30 July 2015
Title:
Ukraine. WAVE Country Report 2017: The Situation of Women's Specialist Support Services in Europe.
Source:
Women Against Violence Europe
Date of Document:
March 2018
URL:
http://fileserver.wave-network.org/researchreports/WAVE_CR_2017.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
Title:
Ukraine. Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. ILGA-Europe.
Date of Document:
February 2019
URL:
https://www.ilga-europe.org/sites/default/files/ukraine.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
Title:
Report July-December 2018. The Results of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine Activities.
Source:
National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine
URL:
https://nabu.gov.ua/sites/default/files/reports/report_eng_1.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Ukraine: Military service. Version 5.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
October 2018
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/752332/Ukraine_-_Military_Service_-_CPIN_-_v5.0__October_2018_.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 July 2019
Title:
Ukraine. Freedom on the Net 2018.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2018/ukraine
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
Title:
Ukraine (Crimea). International Religious Freedom Report for 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
13 March 2019
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2018-report-on-international-religious-freedom/ukraine/crimea/
Accessed Date:
23 July 2019
Title:
Ukraine. Legislative Update: UNHCR update on displacement-related legislation.
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
October 2018
URL:
https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/2018_10_legislative_update_eng.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
Title:
National Monitoring System Report on the Situation of Internally Displaced Persons
Source:
Ukraine. National Monitoring System.
Date of Document:
December 2018
URL:
http://iom.org.ua/sites/default/files/nms_round_12_eng_screen.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Ukraine: Fear of organised criminal gangs. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
May 2016
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/566605/CIG_-_Ukraine_-_Organised_crime.pdf
Accessed Date:
29 July 2016
Keywords:
corruption; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; government corruption; institutional efficacy; international guidance note; Internet; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legislation; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; statistics; trafficking in persons; witness protection
Title:
Ukraine. Amnesty International Report 2017/2018: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 February 2018
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/europe-and-central-asia/ukraine/report-ukraine/
Accessed Date:
12 July 2018
Title:
Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine (16 November 2018 to 15 February 2019)
Source:
United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Date of Document:
March 2019
URL:
https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/ReportUkraine16Nov2018-15Feb2019.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 July 2019
Title:
Report by Nils Muižnieks, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, following his visit to Ukraine from 21 to 25 March 2016
Source:
Council of Europe. Commissioner for Human Rights.
Date of Document:
11 July 2016
URL:
https://rm.coe.int/16806db7ba
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Report on the situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine 13 September 2017 to 30 June 2018
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
10 September 2018
URL:
https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/CrimeaThematicReport10Sept2018_EN.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 July 2019
Title:
The Peninsula of Fear: Chronicle of Occupation and Violation of Human Rights in Crimea
Source:
Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union et al.
Date of Document:
9 May 2016
Author:
Sergiy Zayets et al.
URL:
https://helsinki.org.ua/en/publications/the-peninsula-of-fear-chronicle-of-occupation-and-violation-of-human-rights-in-crimea/
Accessed Date:
12 July 2017
Title:
Law of Ukraine on Citizenship of Ukraine
URL:
http://www.refworld.org/pdfid/44a280fa4.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 July 2018
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation
Title:
Birth and death registration for residents of nongovernment controlled areas of eastern Ukraine
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council
Date of Document:
June 2018
URL:
https://www.nrc.no/globalassets/pdf/briefing-notes/ukraine/briefing-note_civil-registration.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
Title:
Overcoming obstacles: LGBT situation in Ukraine in 2018
Source:
LGBT Human Rights Nash Mir Center
Date of Document:
5 February 2019
Author:
Andrii Kravchuk; Oleksandr Zinchenkov
URL:
https://gay.org.ua/publications/Situation-of-LGBT-in-Ukraine-2018-ENG.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 July 2019
Title:
Ukraine. Freedom of the Press 2017.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2017/ukraine
Accessed Date:
25 July 2017
Title:
Crimea. Freedom of the Press 2017.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2017/crimea
Accessed Date:
25 July 2017
Title:
Ukraine: Conflict in Donetsk and Luhansk
Source:
Assessment Capacities Project
Date of Document:
4 November 2019
URL:
https://www.acaps.org/sites/acaps/files/products/files/20191104_acaps_briefing_note_ukraine_conflict_in_donetsk_and_luhansk.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Ukraine: Background, Conflict with Russia, and U.S. Policy
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
19 September 2019
URL:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R45008
Accessed Date:
17 June 2020
Title:
Ukraine. Human Rights in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Review of 2019.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
16 April 2020
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/EUR0113552020ENGLISH.PDF
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine 16 November 2019 to 15 February 2020
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
12 March 2020
URL:
https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/29thReportUkraine_EN.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine
Source:
United Nations. General Assembly.
Date of Document:
2 August 2019
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/74/276
Accessed Date:
29 June 2020
Title:
Law of Ukraine, On Citizenship of Ukraine (last amended 2016)
Source:
National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities
URL:
https://www.refworld.org/docid/44a280fa4.html
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Russia and Ukraine: Issuance of Russian passports and citizenship rights to Ukraine citizens living in the territories of Crimea and Donbas [Donbass] (2014-February 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 February 2020
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458057
Accessed Date:
30 March 2020
Title:
Ukraine's Constitution of 1996 with Amendments through 2016
Source:
Ukraine; Comparative Constitutions Project.
URL:
https://constituteproject.org/constitution/Ukraine_2016.pdf?lang=en
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Gender-based violence in the conflict-affected regions of Ukraine
Source:
United Nations Population Fund
Author:
Ukrainian Centre for Social Reforms
URL:
https://ukraine.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/gbv%20in%20the%20conflict-affected%20regions%20of%20ukraine_eng.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
OSCE-led survey on violence against women. Well- being and safety of women: Ukraine results report.
URL:
https://www.osce.org/secretariat/440312?download=true
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Online Violence Against Women in Elections in Ukraine: An IFES Assessment
Source:
Ukrainian Marketing Association et al.
Date of Document:
November 2019
Author:
Otito Greg-Obi et al.
URL:
https://ifesukraine.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IFES-Ukraine-Manifestations-of-violence-against-women-in-the-online-space-during-elections-2019-11-25-Eng.pdf
Accessed Date:
17 June 2020
Title:
Old problems, new prospects LGBT situation in Ukraine in 2019
Source:
LGBT Human Rights Nash Mir Center
Date of Document:
30 January 2020
URL:
https://gay.org.ua/publications/Situation-of-LGBT-in-Ukraine-2019-ENG.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Challenging hate: Monitoring anti-LGBT “hate speech” and responses to it in Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine: Unfulfilled promises.
Date of Document:
February 2018
URL:
https://www.article19.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/LGBT-Hate-Speech-Report-Central-Asia_March2018.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note Ukraine: Organised crime and Corruption. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
September 2019
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/830312/Ukraine_-_Org_Crime_-_CPIN_-_v3.0__September_2019__.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
COI Query Response. Ukraine: General Information on the so-called Luhansk (or Lugansk) Guard, in particular: modalities of recruitment; amount, frequency and currency of the salary received by its members; hierarchical structure and command mechanism...
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
1 February 2019
URL:
https://coi.easo.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/UKR_Q4.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
Title:
Le service militaire en République Populaire de Donetsk (DNR)
Source:
Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
2 April 2019
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/1904_ukr_le_service_militaire_en_dnr.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 June 2020
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